What is chlamydia and how is it treated? This is a question that worries a significant part of the population. In the modern world, this infection is detected more and more often. Perhaps this is due to the improvement of diagnostic methods.
Chlamydia trachomatis is a pathogenic intracellular bacterium that often provokes the development of infectious diseases of the human genitourinary system. However, it is rather an intermediate link between viruses and bacteria. This feature makes it difficult to treat chlamydial infections, as conventional antibiotics cannot completely eradicate them.
Chlamydia trachomatis does not have its own sources of energy - mitochondria, so it has to exploit the cell using its energy resources. Chlamydia trachomatis affects mainly the human reproductive system. It should be noted that in nature there are about 18 serotypes, and two of them are the causative agents of urogenital chlamydia.
Medicine uses a specific classification according to which chlamydia trachomatisserotypes D-K causes urogenital chlamydia, L1-L3 leads to the development of lymphogranuloma venereum, A-C causes trachoma.
Bacteria enter the body of a man or woman most often through sexual contact. However, they develop their vigorous activity in the body of the first and second according to slightly different schemes. In women, the cycle of introduction of a pathogenic parasite and its active reproduction is 42-72 hours, while chlamydia are attached to the mucous membranes and cause inflammation. If the woman's immune system is strong enough, then the bacteria can freeze in the reticular body phase until the immune system fails.
If chlamydia enters the male body, the symptoms appear quickly enough, which is explained by the peculiarities of the male anatomy. A man, unlike a woman, is contagious even in the phase of reticular bodies.
Chlamydia symptoms are itching, pain when urinating, slight discharge. It is worth noting that the disease is often asymptomatic, and the diagnosis becomes unexpected for the carrier. However, chlamydia can be extremely dangerous for women - it is fraught with infertility, miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. Prostatitis or infertility also threatens male carriers. That is why regular check-ups with a gynecologist with taking swabs for infections are so important, even if you feel well in general.
In addition to urogenital infection, chlamydia trachomatis can be the causative agent of purulent conjunctivitis, childrenpneumonia, venereal lymphogranuloma, as well as some diseases of the nervous system and hearing organs. But these are still rarer cases.
Chlamydia trichomatis is usually detected when taking PCR smears, as well as when using serological methods - RSK, ELISA.
If the test results are disappointing, and chlamydia trachomatis confidently attacked the human body, it remains to tune in to long-term treatment with antibacterial drugs and immunomodulating agents. An innovation in the treatment of chlamydial diseases was the introduction of an alternative method of treatment - extracorporeal hemocorrection, which reduces the harmful effects of antibiotics and at the same time restores the immune system.
Remember, bacterial infections are not a death sentence, but their treatment is a must. The inflammatory process tends to spread to larger areas and lead to severe complications.
